La Guardia v. Cohen

The petitioners seek a peremptory mandamus directed to the board of elections to compel that board to prepare, in the manner sought in the petition, the ballots on the voting machines to be used in the city of New York at the election of November 7, 1933. The petition is on behalf of the City Fusion party, which has qualified for a position on the ballot by petition and which belongs to the group of independent bodies in contradistinction to a “ party ” or political organization, as defined by law. The grievance of the petitioners is, first, that the board of elections has refused to print…